The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Pluto , and thus saved them from the untimely fate that attended the rest of their offspring . The reign of Saturn in Italy , where he was banished by Jupiter , was called " the Golden Age , " on account of the introduction , by him ...
... Pluto , and thus saved them from the untimely fate that attended the rest of their offspring . The reign of Saturn in Italy , where he was banished by Jupiter , was called " the Golden Age , " on account of the introduction , by him ...
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... heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of 30 NEPTUNE .
... heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of 30 NEPTUNE .
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Or, Mythology for Children. bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of Saturn , and brother to Jupiter and Neptune . On the partition of his sire's dominions , the empire of hell fell to his lot ; at the commencement of his reign he ...
Or, Mythology for Children. bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of Saturn , and brother to Jupiter and Neptune . On the partition of his sire's dominions , the empire of hell fell to his lot ; at the commencement of his reign he ...
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... Pluto is often represented as sitting on a throne of sulphur , from which issue the four rivers , Phlegethon , Acheron , Lethe , and Cocytus ; Proserpine sits on his left hand , Cerberus at his feet , and the Harpies , Fates , Eumenides ...
... Pluto is often represented as sitting on a throne of sulphur , from which issue the four rivers , Phlegethon , Acheron , Lethe , and Cocytus ; Proserpine sits on his left hand , Cerberus at his feet , and the Harpies , Fates , Eumenides ...
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... None had , and sooner none , and surer sped . He bends his bow , he draws it to his ear , Thro ' Pluto's heart it drives and fixes there . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Q VESTA . Vesta , or the earth , has often PLUTO . 33.
... None had , and sooner none , and surer sped . He bends his bow , he draws it to his ear , Thro ' Pluto's heart it drives and fixes there . OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 5 . Q VESTA . Vesta , or the earth , has often PLUTO . 33.
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